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Tanzania has restricted internet access nationwide on Wednesday as citizens vote in the general election, disrupting mobile data and social media platforms across major networks. Live network data from internet observatory NetBlocks shows a sharp drop in national connectivity from early morning, indicating a coordinated restriction on access. The disruption coincided with the opening of

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Despite the global love for African music, the continent’s independent musicians are losing the battle for financial sustainability, earning as little as $300 for 100,000 streams. This is one of the problems that Hafrikplay, a pan-African digital content and streaming platform that claims to serve over 15,000 music artists and 100,000 active users, aims to

Nigeria’s House of Representatives, the 360-member lower chamber of the National Assembly, is considering a bill sponsored by Hon. Fuad Kayode Laguda, a Lagos State representative, to establish the Nigerian Fintech Regulatory Commission (NFRC), a single authority that would licence and regulate all fintechs in the country. The commission’s powers imply that it will replace

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Duniya Healthcare, a Zambia-based pharmaceutical and health logistics startup, says it helped rural health facilities avert 578 deaths in six months, nearly double the 299 deaths prevented at comparable facilities that relied on traditional procurement systems, according to a new impact report. The study, conducted by Duniya Healthcare in partnership with the Zambia Conference of